Study creative metacognition in extended real-life processes rather than only in laboratory experiments¶

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Description¶

The article recommends that research on cognitive flexibility, metacognition, and creativity go beyond the laboratory: "these processes must be studied in extended processes of creativity and not only through conventional experimental studies that are, too, localized in time". The author proposes expanding initiatives that track mind wandering in real life to consider its relationship with creative problem-solving, generating models with more ecological validity and integrating laboratory research of cognitive processes with real-life research of creative persons.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Initiatives tracking mind wandering in real life, such as experience-sampling studies

Constraints¶

• Conventional experimental studies are localized in time and may not capture extended creative processes

Target Learners¶

• researchers studying creativity
• creators across domains

Target Learning Goals¶

• understanding creative metacognition with ecological validity
• integrating laboratory and real-life creativity research

Claims¶

• Professional creators develop the capacity to mindfully mind-wander, identifying and capitalizing on mind wandering during long-term creative enterprises [+W]

Related Strategies¶

• Study effort regulation in real-world, personally relevant contexts over longer timeframes, including via ecological momentary assessment

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Preiss David D. (2022). Metacognition, Mind Wandering, and Cognitive Flexibility: Understanding Creativity. Journal of Intelligence. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9500634/